CLIMATE CHANGE

North America’s moose are dying off at a rate not seen before. No one is quite sure why moose populations are in decline, but scientists say the culprit could be climate change.

Officials carried out the first test of Venice’s flood barriers, designed to keep rising tides from inundating the city.

Researchers in Hawaii have pinpointed exactly when and where extreme temperatures, brought on by global warming, will strike first. Scientists say the region surrounding Earth’s equator, called the tropics, will feel the effects of global warming long before the poles do.

Kiribati has about 103,000 residents and has been identified by scientists as highly vulnerable to climate change.

Climate change is driving a wedge between caribou and the food they rely on during calving season.

A New Zealand man is saying he is a "refugee" and wants to stay in the country after climate change has made his village in Kiribati uninhabitable.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first part of its fifth assessment of global warming science Friday.

Stanford University scientists say severe storms will only increase, costing the U.S. billions of dollars.

An upcoming report reconsiders certain models of climate sensitivity in light of recent data.

A new study indicates that warming ocean temperatures may hamper vital ocean chemical cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus.

The Jatropha curcas species may not be right for biofuel, but carbon farming presents another opportunity.

Greenhouse gas emissions could lead to an ice-free Arctic as early as 2054 according to a new study.

One proposed plan for controlling global warming would exploit the natural carbon-capturing qualities of trees.

Climate change could wreak havoc on winemakers and force them to leave the regions that have made them famous.

The CIA, along with NASA and NOAA, is exploring geoengineering techniques to reverse global warming in a National Academy of Sciences study.

The Department of Interior said it is planning on offering a lease sale for wind energy off the coast of Virginia.

According to a recent study using a computer-simulation tool, the Arctic may experience its first ice-free summer as soon as 2054.

The Gulf of Maine is seeing a lobster boom recently, but scientists warn of the consequences of warmer waters.

El Niño was unusually active in the late 20th century, possibly because of climate change, a new study reveals.

Existing carbon capture methods eat up money and energy -- but cheaper, more efficient methods are on the horizon.

Currently, there are no federal rules in place limiting carbon dioxide emissions at existing power plants.